Harlequin Duck

[Rob Melone]

This image of a quacking Harlequin Duck drake was captured along the inlet jetty at Barnegat light, NJ.

Nikon D7000
Nikkor 300mm f/4
f/7.1
1/500
ISO 200

Aperture Priority
Hand held

C & C are welcome!

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the sharp details and view of the feet, good HA. image is a bit dark as posted. A bit more dynamic pose will add more interest

TFS

[Daniel Cadieux]

Details and colours look good. I agree the subject seems a bit dark - raising the midtones would likely work well.

[Bill Dix]

Good one, Rob. Love the quacking pose. Great detail, especially in the feet.

[Arthur Morris]

I like it and I like the open bill. The mid-tones look fine from here. For the repost I ran a 2% layer of NIK Tonal Contrast/Detail Extractor (on the bird and the seaweed only) and sharpened and lightened the dark feathers of the face and head.

[gail bisson]

This is really really nice.
Love the open bill and low POV. The rocky perch with seaweed is great.
The overcast light really allowed you to show the detail in the whites and blacks.
No nits from me at all.
Gail

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Wonderful calling pose, Rob. Sharp as a tack.




Geoffrey

[Iain Barker]

Lovely image and Artie's repost seem to bring out more tones in the colour. I didn't notice the open beak at first but now don't know how I missed it.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image of beautiful bird with open beak. Nice rocky perch, composition, beautiful colours, low POV and composition.
Re post by Arthur Sir looks brilliant.

Regards,
Satish.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent shot, Artie's repost improved it even further. Great work.

[Rob Melone]

Thanks artie for the repost and thanks to all for your kind words.

[Rob Melone]

I reworked the image of the Harlequin as best as I could to match arties repost. Thanks again artie for taking the time!

[Arthur Morris]

I reworked the image of the Harlequin as best as I could to match arties repost. Thanks again artie for taking the time!

Well done and YAW.